The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Snow to depth of fourteen inches is reported
to have fallen at Stratton, Me-, during the past
week.
WHILE digging the foundation for stable in
New Brunswick, n. j., Saturday, workmen up
turned nine skeletons.
PARIS police have resolved to abolish street
mendicancy this winter, and special detectives
have been engaged 10 assist the crusade.
THERE is chain of prairie dog towns along
the Texas and Pacific railroad for distance of
100 miles, some of the villages covering five
acres of ground, Hunters say it is almost inn
possible to kill one of the dogs and get his body,
so quickly does he dive into his hole at the ex-
plosion of q gun Deluging their holes WIN
water will not drive them out
THERE was large congregation in the Italian
Church of st. Peter, London, recently on the
occasion of a requiem high mass for Father
Kirner, who was recently killed by the fall of
the school building which he was erecting IN
New York. From the time of the opening of the
Italian church in London in 1863, until sent to
New York, about four years ago, Father kirner
was the rector of the London church. he was
also for many years representative OF ward
in one of the divisions of the London Board OF
Guardians.
SOMEBODY is trying to float in London dis
trict messenger company after the American
plan. The public is being solicited to subscribe
Tor lU,UtU SuafeS OF STOCK at DO Il SNARE. IL 10
announced as a scheme for providing the pub
lie with reliable messengers, and for atfordlng
a means of livelihood for deserving lads Inc
charge is to be penny mile, and the boys are
to be paid at the rate of about &c. an hour.
Their uniform is to be dark gray with royal
blue facings, and TO have the companys name
consplcuously on the cap.
THREE years ago Mrs. George Winter, of Gin
cinnati, swallowed a piece of bone. 1t went the
wrong way" through her windpipe, and into
lung, where it lodged She suffered great pain,
and had frequent hemorrhageS of the lungs,
and from Stout woman wasted until she was
almost a skeleton few days ago, after ire
mendous fit of coughing, accompanied by
hemorrhage, she felt singing pain IN her sue.
The pain seemed to rise, and as it went up
| through her throat she felt hard substance
emerge from the windpipe into her mouth. IL
was the bone she had swallowed three years De-
fore. She is now recovering her health
CARL ScHEBEN, of Kansas City has coin said
to be very valuable. 1t is one of seventeen gold
pieces coined at the mint in 1879. For some I'M
explained reason the dies were destroyed after
these coins were made. 1t is a curious piece of
United states money, of the face value Of 81.
One side bears the head of the Goddess of Lib
erty, the date 1872 and around the rim there
are thirteen stars with the following 1lgures ana
letters between them: IS, g. 3, S, Z, c. z, G, r,
A, NJ. s." On the reverse side is hye-polnt
star in the centre, underneath which is the word
Met" In the circle outside the stars are the
Est Gloria" There is still another circle out
side this inscription, bearing the words, United
States of America. -Four Dol"
THE Pope has an annual income of 1925 900,
it is said from the interest on the English bonds
left in the treasury by his predecessor. He is
also said to be great Spectator, subscribing
for the Italian loans, holding them for a rise,
and selling them to invest the profits in more
English bonds. The Peters pence is now said
to amount to about S415 900 year. This money
and the income of the English bonds goes to
pay $4,000 a year to each Cardinal living in
Rome, and to pay the prelates of the Papal
Court, secretaries, nuncloS, guards and other
Papal servants. Besides this the Pope receives
from the Apostolic Chancery sums for titles OF
nobility Papal decorations, benedictions in the
article of death, privileges of the altar, private
ch&)es, dispensations and other things, the
total amount being, it is said, S5200OO year.
The Pope's annual income, therefore, is about
$4,000.
THE Mint at Hamburg Germany, has received
contract for 25 000, 900 bronze coins which will
constitute new currency of the kingdom of
Siam. The coins will be of several denomina-
tions and will bear on one side the portrait of
the King of Siam, while on the other side will be
an allegorcal figure representing Genius.
Westphalian firm furnished the metal. The new
coinage will replace the present zinc currency,
and the number issued is about five coins per
head for the population of Siam. 1t will keep
the Hamburg Mint busy for five months. Asre-
Gently as 1860 the SiameSe silver coinage still
consisted of roughly spherical pieces of silver of
various Sizes which were formed of portions of
silver rods, which were first bent together and
afterward trimmed at the ends and hammered,
the whole being stamped with two or three de-
vices denoting the value. In 1861 the SameSe
Embassy to England made contract with a
Birmingham firm for the circular silver coinage
of seven denominations, which has since been
the money of the realm.